The race to build a super-large ground telescope is likely down to two competitors

I have been writing about the Giant Magellan Telescope for a long time. Nearly two decades ago, for example, I wrote that ...
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The quest to build a radio telescope that can hear the cosmic dark ages

The catch: It will have to be on the moon ...
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Texas universities help build ‘giant’ telescope as it enters final design phase

AUSTIN (KXAN) — One of the largest telescopes ever built is one step closer to completion. On June 12, the National Science Foundation announced that the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) is entering the ...
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NASA plans to build a giant radio telescope on the 'dark side' of the moon. Here's why.

NASA scientists are currently working on plans to build a giant radio telescope in a nearly mile-wide crater on the "dark side" of the moon. If approved, it could be constructed as early as the 2030s ...
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Spain has permits to build giant telescope blocked in Hawaii

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The director of a ...
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Q&A | UI graduate student receives $150,000 grant from NASA to build telescope for deep space navigation

Jacob Payne, a graduate student and research assistant at the University of Iowa’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, landed a NASA grant to build a small X-ray telescope that can assist with deep ...
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University of Iowa grad student lands NASA grant to build smaller X-ray telescope for deep-space navigation

University of Iowa graduate research assistant Jacob Payne uses nitrogen to dry off a mirror at Van Allen Hall in Iowa City on Friday. Payne — with guidance from UI Physics and Astronomy Associate ...
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NASA plans to build a giant radio telescope on the 'dark side' of the moon. Here's why.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (LCRT) is currently in the planning phase but could soon become ...